Thursday, December 19, 2024

Sports summary of the weekend

Jimmy Garoppolo returned to Gillette Stadium to exacerbate Patriots' crisis

After the San Francisco Forty-Niners defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara last week, they traveled to Foxborough to face a weakened Patriots, who since the departure of Tom Brady have not been able to find their way and are on a losing record.

In the game, the locals were unable to score any touchdowns, as the two times they made their presence felt on the scoreboard it was by field goal, which called into question the performance of Cam Newton, as the quarterback threw only 98 yards, completed 9 of 15 attempts and was intercepted on three occasions.

For their part, the Bay Area team is starting to improve with a team that is gradually coming out of injuries. Jimmy Garoppolo, an ex-patriot, completed 20 of 25 carries, 277 yards and a pair of touchdown passes in what was once his home, figures that ended in a lapidary 33-6 final score.

Lewis Hamilton overtakes Michael Schumacher to become the driver with the most wins in Formula 1 history

After winning the Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend, English driver Lewis Hamilton managed to break a new record: the most podiums won in the history of motorsport.

With his 92nd victory, the Mercedes leader accumulates one more than the German Michael Schumacher, who with 91 trophies held the honors. However, Schumi still holds the best record in terms of winning seasons, with seven, although Hamilton could tie him at the end of this session and surpass him next time, since, according to experts, he is the most dominant driver with the best car at the moment.

Real Madrid beats Barcelona in the Liga Clasico

After losing to Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, Real Madrid arrived at the weekend's Clásico with doubts, as they visited the always complicated Camp Nou, although with the peculiarity of being the first game in this category without a home crowd.

With goals from Federico Valderde, Sergio Ramos from the penalty spot and Luka Modric, the team from the Spanish capital imposed conditions to beat Barcelona 1-3, who found the discount in the scoreboard through 17-year-old Ansu Fati.

With this result, Madrid moved up to second place in the UEFA Champions League with 13 points from six games, just one behind leaders Real Sociedad, who have played one more game. In addition, this game was Zinedine Zidane's sixth Clasico at the Camp Nou and maintains an unbeaten streak of three wins and three draws.

Los Angeles Dodgers one game away from World Series victory

With a thrilling World Series tied at two games apiece, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays arrived at Globe Life Field in Texas with the task of taking a step forward to put the World Series title in their trophy cases. 

The team led by Mexican Julio Urias had an outstanding first half of the game, where Clayton Kershaw's dominant pitching imposed conditions, in addition to scoring the four runs that gave the game to the Angelina squad, driven in by Mookie Betts, Corey Seager, Max Muncy and Joc Pederson.

Yandy Díaz and Kevin Kiermaier scored for Tampa Bay, but it was not enough to turn the game around for the 4-2 final score.

The sixth game of the series will be on Tuesday, where the Los Angeles Dodgers have the opportunity to win and end the malaria of more than 30 years without a championship in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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